History of Central Africa






History of the Kingdom of Lunda, 15th-17th Century



The LUNDA KINGDOM emerged in the 16th century in southwestern Katanga. It expanded, annecting other peoples/states and taking control of trade caravan routes. Expanding into modern eastern Angola, they came in contact with the Portuguese. In the east the neighbouring LUBA KINGDOM exerted pressure on the Lunda.
Lunda, which in its later years consisted of a number of provincial kingdoms, continued to exist until into the late 19th century. In 1900 the Lunda Kingdom was overrun by the CHOKWE, which established their Kingdom instead.
It was soon split up between the Portuguese (Angola), Belgians (Belgian Congo) and Britain (a small part in present day Zambia).






EXTERNAL
FILES 		Library of Congress, Country Studies : Angola
Virtual Tour through Angola's History : Precolonial Period, Early Colonial Period, from Angola.org
History : from the origins to independence, from Netangola
The Former Kingdoms, from Democratic Republic of Congo History
The Peoples of the Kongo, from Royal Museum for Central Africa
People in Angola, by ZZAM
Lunda People, from Arts & Life in Africa
Chokwe Homepage, from Chokwe.com
The Ba Lunda Confederation, in : the former Kingdoms, from Democratic Republic of Congo Homepage
Links to Angolan history, from Looksmart
DOCUMENTS Map of 1890, from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Am. ed. 1890, posted by Perry Castaneda Library, UTexas, features Lunda as yet unclaimed African territory
Africa map of 1892 from Gardiner's Atlas of English History, 1892 shows Lunda split up betw. Portugal, Belgium, borders 'strange'
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First posted in 2001, last revised on November 6th 2004

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